Local church services

Chancellor Assembly of God Church, 20527 N. State Highway 27, Chancellor, will hold a Fifth Sunday Night Sing on Sunday, Sept. 30, at 5 p.m. featuring The Paul Family from Buchanan, Ga.

The Davis-McLeod District Fellowship will hold a Fifth Sunday Service on Sept. 30 at Abbeville Church of God in Christ. Sunday school will be at 9:45 a.m. and worship will be at 11 a.m. All district pastors and members are encouraged to attend, and the public is welcome.

Liberty Free Will Baptist Church, 2620 Eddins Road, Dothan, will host Walter Wilson in concert on Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. Finger foods will be served after the concert. No admission charged but an offering will be taken. The church is located off Cottonwood Highway behind the Wilson Mill house, also known as the Peacock house.

The Geneva Baptist Association?s Christ Helping Hands Ministry has a fall and winter clothes available for purchase at the mission store in Hartford. Donations are welcomed. The store is at 710 E. State Highway 52 in Hartford. Call 334-588-3276 for information.

El Bethel Baptist Church, located on Highway 27 North in Chancellor, will be having revival services each Monday during October beginning at 7 p.m. The Oct. 1 services will be led by Dr. Rick Lance, executive director and treasurer of the Alabama Baptist State Convention. For more information, call the church office at 334-684-9544.

Maple Avenue Baptist Church, 1009 W. Maple Ave., Geneva, will host the monthly luncheon meeting of the non-denominational 39er?s C.L.U.B. on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 11 a.m. Reservations needed by Oct. 2. Past attendees should contact their table hostess; newcomers can call the church office at 334-684-9617. Cost is $5 per person.

Miracle Evangelistic Church of God Inc., 1429 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, will host a celebration to honor its pastor, Apostle Frank L. Mobley Sr., Oct. 3 through Oct. 6 with services at 6 p.m. and Oct. 7 with a service at 3:30 p.m. For more information, 334-648-4936.

Faith Deliverance Ministries of Berachah Inc., 1310 W. Carroll St., Dothan, will hold a pre-anniversary celebration honoring Pastor Michelle Lee and revival services on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Pastor Eddie Stapleton from Blakely, Ga. Call 334-678-1744.

Klondyke Gospel Music Center, located halfway between Newton and Ozark at 3885 Highway 123 S., will host Steve Conrad of Cyprus, Fla., Oct. 5; Scott and Peggy Fowler of Luverne, Oct. 6; Robert Matelski of Slaughter, La., Oct. 12. Free admission. Concerts begin at 7 p.m.

Victory Tabernacle, 10005 E. State Highway 52, Hartford, will hold a peanut boiling and bluegrass gospel sing on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 5 p.m. Singers will include Straight and Narrow and Cleo and the Cholesterol Cowboys of Cornbread County. Admission free but an offering will be taken for the House of Compassion Children?s Home in Haiti. Lawn chairs recommended.

The Christian Brotherhood of Hosford and Telogia will be host a trap shooting tournament, On Target for Him, on Oct. 6 at the Woodmen of the World Youth Lodge in Hosford, Fla., to benefit the Calhoun-Liberty Ministry Center. Registration will start at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $25 per shooter or a canned food donation for spectators. Shooters must be part of a five-member team. Teams must pre-register. For more details or to register a team, contact Daniel Stanley at 850-570-8802.

Grimes Gospel Lighthouse, 1512 County Road 25, Grimes, will host Steven Conrad from Cypress, Fla., at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6. An offering will be taken. Sunday services will be at 10:30 a.m. with Herbert Brady preaching.

Trinity Baptist Church on U.S. Highway 431 S. in Headland will be celebrating their 25th anniversary beginning at 9:45 a.m. on Oct. 7. Dr. Bill Ashford, first pastor of Trinity, will bring the message with Brother Hasten Walker leading the music. All former members of the church are invited. A covered dish lunch will be served after the service.

Wesley Chapel Community Church will celebrate Homecoming Day on Sunday, Oct. 7, beginning at 10 a.m. with Lydia Berry as the guest singer. A lunch will follow at noon, and a congregational singing will begin at 1 p.m. Wesley Chapel is located at the crossroads of County Road 65 and County Road 54, north of Echo. For more information, call 334-795-6143.

The Breakfast Club of New Easter Missionary Baptist Church, 309 Hope Ave., Graceville, Fla., will host its regular monthly breakfast on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 7 a.m. in the church?s fellowship hall. The guest speakers are Jackson County Sheriff Lou Roberts and Jackson County Commissioner Willie Spires.

Hodgesville Baptist Church, 11190 S. County Road 33, Dothan, will hold Homecoming on Oct. 7, celebrating 101 years. Services begin at 10:30 a.m. with the Glory Road Quartet. Former pastor Brother Jimmy Harrison will deliver the message at 11:30 a.m. A covered-dish lunch will be served after the message.

Bellwood Baptist Church will hold Homecoming on Oct. 7 beginning at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Wayne Scarborough, pastor of Auburn Heights Baptist Church in Phenix City, will be preaching. A fellowship meal will be served from 12:30 to 2 p.m. An afternoon session will begin at 2 p.m. and will feature Four Calvary gospel quartet from Bonifay, Fla. For more information, call 334-588-6766 or 334-588-3535.

St. Peter Baptist Church, 120 Girard St., Abbeville, will hold an Ushers? Anniversary service on Oct. 7 at 11 a.m. Special guests will be Willie Lawrence and the Spiritual Five.

Source: http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2012/sep/29/local-church-services-ar-4652212/

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Coyote Love Lasts Forever

Researchers tracked urban coyotes over six years and found that they never stray from their mate. Amy Kraft reports.

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Beyond the ferocious jaws of the carnivorous coyote is a loving creature that scientists say is 100-percent monogamous.

Researchers studied the mating patterns of two hundred thirty six coyotes in the Chicago area over a six-year period. They found that coyotes living in urban areas are faithful to their partners, and stay with them for life. The research is in the Journal of Mammalogy. [Cecilia A. Hennessy, Jean Dubach AND Stanley D. Gehrt, Long-term pair bonding and genetic evidence for monogamy among urban coyotes (Canis latrans)]

Scientists collected blood and tissue samples of coyotes and equipped some adults with radio-collars before releasing them all back into the wild. Genetic analyses showed no evidence of polygamy within the urban coyote population, and consequent studies of their movements showed that pairs stayed together through multiple breeding seasons.

The research runs contrary to other studies that prove that seemingly monogamous species sometimes cheat. It was thought that coyotes would be more likely to stray from a mate in an urban environment where food and females are plentiful. Instead, the research provides evidence that not all species of canids are dirty dogs.

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Investing in Real Estate is Investing in Yourself - Heroic Investing

Welcome! If this is your first time visiting Jason Hartman's website, please read this page to learn more about what we do here. You may also be interested in receiving updates from our blog via RSS or via email if you prefer. If you have any questions about first responder finance feel free to contact us anytime! Thanks!

A recent article in Entrepreneur magazine reported that there are over 10 million small and medium sized landlords in the United States. That number continues to grow as more and more public sector retirees search for ways to supplement whittled-down employer pension plans and protect themselves from economic downturns. As Jason Hartman recommends, investing in rental income property is also an investment in yourself, as you become not only a landlord, but also an entrepreneur ? an independent business owner.

What are the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur? In general, good entrepreneurs are like first responders ? self-motivated individuals who aren?t satisfied with the status quo. They want to be in control of their destinies and not at the mercy of others. They?re willing to try new strategies with the potential for better outcomes. And for retirees or those about to retire, becoming a real estate entrepreneur offers a way to take control of your financial future.

As Jason Hartman recommends, buying rental income real estate is the soundest possible investment. It?s an asset that will appreciate over time, with the potential for a stable and significant return over the lifetime of your ownership. Not only that, owning rental real estate puts you in charge, with no superiors to tell you how to manage your investment.

Within the limits of the Fair Housing Act and the local business and housing codes, you can decide how the property should look, who can live there, and how much rent to charge. You?ll be able to buy and sell properties as you choose, and establish your own schedule for maintenance and repair. You can decide what income level you want ? and plan accordingly.

When you?re getting ready to launch a real estate investing business, think of yourself as an entrepreneur from the beginning, and take steps to establish the business aspects of managing your investment. Some areas to consider include:

Consider investing in multiple properties in different areas. With good credit and the likelihood of consistent rental income to even out your debt-to-income ratio, you can most likely buy three or four rental properties of various kinds, optimally in different markets. This is a strategy Jason Hartman advocates, since it spreads the risk over a number of properties in case you run into problems in one area.

Establish a home office or space dedicated to your business. Although many entrepreneurs are reluctant to claim home office tax deductions for fear of triggering an audit, rental property ownership and management is a legitimate business with entirely appropriate exemptions for space, travel and other expenditures related to conducting the business of managing your property.

Maintain detailed records of all expenditures and related paperwork. As we?ve noted in previous posts on this topic, owning and managing rental property entitles you to a number of tax deductions related to repair, maintenance, travel, and hiring any contractors, managers, or other assistants you need. Documenting all these things and filing all receipts establishes you as a professional running a business.

Employer-provided pension plans, even in the public sector, are becoming increasingly vulnerable. But choosing real estate entrepreneurship puts you back in control of your financial future for a comfortable and stable income in retirement. ?(Top image: Flickr | MacEntee)

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SC opinion on Presidential Reference on 2G verdict | APN News

Auctions are not the only permissible method for disposal of natural resources across sectors, the Supreme Court said holding that the 2G verdict was confined to allocation of spectrum and is not applicable to other resources.

Giving its opinion on the Presidential reference arising out of 2G verdict, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia also ruled that common good is the touchstone for any policy and if it meets that then any means adopted is in accordance with the constitutional principles.

Auction despite being a more ?preferable method? of allotment of natural resources cannot be held to be a constitutional mandate, observed the bench also comprising justices D K Jain, J S Khehar, Dipak Misra and Ranjan Gogoi.

?In our opinion, auction despite being a more preferable method of alienation/allotment of natural resources, cannot be held to be a constitutional requirement or limitation for alienation of all natural resources and therefore, every method other than auction cannot be struck down as ultra-vires the constitutional mandate,? the bench said.

The bench said that auctions may be the best way of maximizing revenue but revenue maximisation may not always be the ultimate motive of the policy and natural resources can be allocated to private companies by other methods for the purpose to subserve public good.

?Common good is the sole guiding factor under Article 39(b) for distribution of natural resources. It is the touchstone of testing whether any policy subserves the common good and if it does, irrespective of the means adopted, it is clearly in accordance with the principle enshrined in the Article,? the bench said.

The apex court referred to various judgements delivered by it earlier while upholding government?s decision to allocate natural resources through means other than auction.

?It is manifest that there is no constitutional mandate in favour of auction under Article 14. The Government has repeatedly deviated from the course of auction and this Court has repeatedly upheld such actions,? the bench said.

It said ?whenever the object of policy is anything but revenue maximization, the Executive is seen to adopt methods other than auction?.

Justice Khehar, who wrote a separate but concurring judgement, said that natural resource should not be dissipated as a matter of charity, donation or endowment, for private exploitation.

?No part of the natural resource can be dissipated as a matter of largess, charity, donation or endowment, for private exploitation.

Each bit of natural resource expended must bring back a reciprocal consideration.

The consideration may be in the nature of earning revenue or may be to best subserve the common good. It may well be the amalgam of the two.

?There cannot be a dissipation of material resources free of cost or at a consideration lower than their actual worth. One set of citizens cannot prosper at the cost of another set of citizens, for that would not be fair or reasonable,? Justice Khehar said.

The court disagreed with the contention that auction should be the only means of allocation as other methods can be abused by the private companies in connivance with government authorities as happened in 2G case.

?It may be said that even auction has a potential of abuse, like any other method of allocation, but that cannot be the basis of declaring it as an unconstitutional methodology either. These drawbacks include cauterisation, winners curse etc?.

?However, all the same, auction cannot be called ultra vires for the said reasons and continues to be an attractive and preferred means of disposal of natural resources especially when revenue maximisation is a priority?.

?Therefore, neither auction, nor any other method of disposal can be held ultra vires the Constitution, merely because of a potential abuse,? the bench said.

The court said that revenue maximisation cannot always be the primary consideration while allocating resources to private companies and assume secondary consideration when the development is the main consideration.

?Revenue maximization is not the only way in which the common good can be subserved. Where revenue maximization is the object of a policy, being considered qua that resource at that point of time to be the best way to subserve the common good, auction would be one of the preferable methods, though not the only method?.

?Where revenue maximization is not the object of a policy of distribution, the question of auction would not arise. Revenue considerations may assume secondary consideration to developmental considerations,? the bench said.

It said that the suggestion that disposal of a natural resource for commercial use must be for revenue maximization is based ?neither on law nor on logic?.

?Economic logic establishes that alienation/allocation of natural resources to the highest bidder may not necessarily be the only way to subserve the common good, and at times, may run counter to public good?.

?Hence, it needs little emphasis that disposal of all natural resources through auctions is clearly not a constitutional mandate,? the 208-page opinion given by the apex court said.

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Fighting intensifies in Syria's largest city

A man cries near the body of his brother, killed by a Syrian Army sniper, near Dar El Shifa Hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

A man cries near the body of his brother, killed by a Syrian Army sniper, near Dar El Shifa Hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

A Syrian man is comforted after the death of his brother, killed by a Syrian Army sniper, outside Dar El Shifa Hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

Free Syrian Army fighter scans for targets from a building in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

Combatientes del Ej?rcito de Libre Siria cargan el cuerpo de un compa?ero ca?do lejos del frente de combate contra las tropas leales al presidente Bashar Assad en Alepo, Siria, el mi?rcoles 26 de septiembre del 2012. Las autoridades sirias enviaron el jueves mensajes de texto en los tel?fonos celulares de todo el pa?s con un mensaje para los rebeldes que pelean contra el r?gimen del presidente Bashar Assad: "El juego ha terminado". (Foto AP/Manu Brabo)

BEIRUT (AP) ? Fighting over Syria's largest city intensified Friday, with the most widespread battles reported there in two months as rebel forces launched a new offensive to rout President Bashar Assad's forces from Aleppo, activists said.

Some of the heaviest fighting erupted in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud, which was drawn into the conflict for the first time. Kurds make up Syria's largest minority and have been split in their loyalties.

Since the uprising against Assad began 18 months ago, some Kurds have sided with the rebels while others have supported the regime. Aleppo's Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood is mostly under the control of a pro-government Kurdish group. There were conflicting reports on whether Kurdish gunmen took part in Friday's fighting.

Aleppo, a city of 3 million that was once a bastion of support for Assad, has emerged as a key battleground in Syria's civil war. Its fall would give the opposition a major strategic victory, with a stronghold in the north near the Turkish border. A rebel defeat, at the very least, would buy the regime more time.

"The city is witnessing one of the most violent days. All fronts are on fire," Aleppo-based activist Baraa al-Halabi said.

In the diplomatic arena, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was hosting representatives of the Friends of Syria group ? a coalition that includes the United Sates, the European Union and the Arab League ? on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. The group is seeking better cooperation among the groups that oppose Assad.

And in Geneva, the U.N.'s top human rights body voted Friday to extend the mission of its independent expert panel probing alleged war crimes in Syria. The panel led by Brazilian professor Paulo Sergio Pinheiro has blamed Syria's government forces for the majority of serious abuses since the uprising began in March 2011.

The two sides have been locked in a stalemate, with neither able to deliver a decisive blow. The standoff has been most apparent in Aleppo, where each side controls roughly half the area. Late Thursday, rebel commanders from the main group of fighters, the Free Syrian Army, announced they are embarking on what they called a "decisive battle" for the city.

Since then, heavy clashes have been reported along the front lines between rebel- and regime-held areas.

Al-Halabi said clashes had broken out in neighborhoods including Midan, old Aleppo, Maysaloun, Azamiyeh, Salaheddine, Seif al-Dawla and Sheikh Maksoud.

Al-Halabi said the fighting included members of a group affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which is fighting for autonomy in the Kurdish-dominated southeast region of neighboring Turkey and has had close ties with the Syrian government for decades

Another Aleppo-based activist, Mohammed Saeed, said the Kurdish fighters withdrew shortly after the fighting began without taking part in the battle.

The PKK's affiliate, the Democratic Union Party, is active in Sheikh Maksoud.

The Tawhid Brigade, the major rebel group in the city, said on its Facebook page that some of its fighters were battling pro-PKK gunmen in the neighborhood. State-run Syrian TV said regime forces repulsed an attack on Sheikh Maksoud with the help of its residents.

Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, also said Kurds did not participate in the battle. He said those fighting alongside the regime in Sheikh Maksoud were members of a local Syrian clan known to support Assad.

The reports could not be independently confirmed because the government has imposed tight restrictions on the media.

Both the regime and the opposition have courted the Kurds, Syria's largest ethnic minority. Kurds make up around 10 percent to 15 percent of the country's 23 million people.

In July, government forces withdrew from Kurdish areas in northeastern Syria and were quickly replaced by Kurdish fighters from the PKK affiliate. However, other Kurds have sided with those trying to topple the regime, complaining of neglect by the state.

Despite the escalating bloodshed in Syria, the international community remains sharply divided over how to end the conflict.

The U.N. Security Council is deadlocked, with Syria allies Russia and China having repeatedly blocked harsher measures against the Assad regime sought by Western nations and the rebels' allies in the Middle East.

Clinton has decried Assad's "murdering of his own people," while Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ? who will address the General Assembly on Friday ? has accused the U.S. and other countries of encouraging terrorism in their stance on Syria.

Syria's conflict has repeatedly spilled over into neighboring countries, including Turkey, one of the biggest backers of the rebels.

A mortar round fired during fighting Friday in the area of a Syrian-Turkish border crossing, Tel Abyad, landed in Turkish territory, damaging the walls of two houses in the town of Akcakale, its mayor, Abdulhakim Ayhan, told the state-run Anadolu Agency. No one was hurt. Anadolu said Assad's forces were firing mortar rounds on rebel positions in a bid to regain control of the border crossing.

Also, a Syrian activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, said a Syrian warplane bombed the northern town of Azaz near the Turkish border, killing seven people.

An amateur video showed at least one dead boy being removed from under the rubble of a house in the area.

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Associated Press writer Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, contributed reporting.

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From The Razorback Family To The Aggie Family, The McDonalds ...

September 28, 2012

From The Razorback Family To The Aggie Family, The McDonalds Are At Home

Scott and Diane McDonald

It?s called ?Senior Walk,? and it?s one of the most well-known and unique traditions in the world of higher education. Since 1876, the names of every graduate of the University of Arkansas have been etched into stone, with nearly 150,000 names creating a walkway that spans the campus.? Walk far enough down the nearly five-mile sidewalk, and you?ll come across the names of two members of the Aggie family: Scott and Diane McDonald.

The names of Scott, who is Texas A&M?s assistant vice president for academic services and director of admissions, and Diane, the university?s executive director of marketing & social media, appear four times on the walkway. The couple holds bachelor?s degrees in public administration, as well as a master?s of higher education administration for Scott and an MBA for Diane, all from Arkansas.

Scott and Diane?s shared passion for higher education brought their family to Texas A&M, but their story begins in Fayetteville, Ark.

Diane, a native of Hot Springs, Ark., visited the University of Arkansas as a high school student and knew immediately that she wanted to attend there. Scott was similarly drawn to the university, and coupled with the appeal of participating in the university?s marching band?s percussion section and the much cooler Arkansas weather, he too enrolled.

And it is there that the couple met: both were student ambassadors who regularly gave campus tours, and both were also members of the Razorback Marching Band. They married in 1996, after each of them had graduated, and have since had two children: a 13-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son.

The couple was living in Clarksville, Tenn., in 2006, both working at Austin Peay State University, when Scott was offered a position at Texas A&M. In addition to the move putting them closer to their families, the McDonalds were looking forward to learning about Texas A&M, a culture that was slightly familiar to them.

As members of the Razorback Marching Band, Scott and Diane traveled twice during their undergraduate careers to College Station, including the 1991 contest, which marked Arkansas? last visit to Kyle Field before they departed for the Southeastern Conference.

?I was in awe of the 12^th Man standing the entire game ? and the band, the caliber of the Fightin? Texas Aggie Band was just incredible,? Diane says. ?And I remember how loud the stadium was. The unison of 12^th Man doing the yells was amazing.?

Texas A&M was even more familiar to Scott, a native Texan who was raised in Arlington and Houston.

?Growing up in Texas, you knew that if someone had a degree from Texas A&M, they were using their degree to do great things,? he says.

Upon arriving in Aggieland six years ago, the couple was immediately welcomed into the Aggie family. They also have become avid fans of nearly every sport at Texas A&M, especially women?s basketball. The McDonalds have followed Coach Gary Blair?s successes over the years ? he was the women?s basketball coach at Arkansas when they both were in school ? and Diane even made a special trip to take the couple?s daughter to Indianapolis to see the Aggies win the national championship in 2011.

Scott and Diane?s positions at Texas A&M put each of them at the forefront of some of the university?s most critical areas.

In his role, Scott oversees recruitment, admissions and International Student Services with an amazing staff to assist him, he proudly says. And admissions is an area that continues to experience incredible growth at the university ? for example, Scott says, when he arrived on campus in 2006, Texas A&M received nearly 20,000 applications for freshman admission. For fall 2012, that number was just over 30,000.

?Texas A&M is getting more and more competitive, and probably the hardest part of my job is that we have so many academically prepared students who want to attend Texas A&M,? he explains. ?We have just so many more applicants than have seats in the freshman class.?

The admissions office is seeing increased numbers in applications, as well as an increase in students from the Southeast sending their SAT and ACT scores, adds Scott, and given the visibility that Texas A&M has experienced with its move to the SEC, it?s easy to see a correlation between the two.

Extending that visibility and continuing to grow the Texas A&M brand is Diane?s main objective. Diane manages the university?s academic marketing, including web, creative, traditional media and social media.

As a marketer and Arkansas alum, Diane has watched closely how the University of Arkansas? visibility has steadily increased since they joined the SEC 20 years ago. And now that Texas A&M is in the same position, she?s looking forward to continuing to see Texas A&M?s national visibility rise as well.

?Texas A&M has already received a significant amount of PR from our move to the SEC, but we have many more stories to tell,? Diane says. ?Texas A&M is having a tremendous impact on issues facing our community, state and nation.?

After a joint presentation the couple delivered at a national higher education conference a few years ago, the McDonalds discovered that the admissions offices and marketing teams at many of the nation?s universities often don?t work together.

?This was surprising to learn,? says Diane. ?We believe that both of these groups should work together ? and we do work together to tell the story of Texas A&M through joint projects.?

Though they admit to sometimes bouncing different ideas off one another, work doesn?t follow the couple home ? in fact,?much of the campus community doesn?t even realize that they are married, as the McDonalds treat one another as professionals while on the job.

The McDonalds? earlier impressions of the Texas A&M have only strengthened further since their family has called Aggieland home.

?There is a true sense of family on this campus,? Diane says. ?Now that we understand the traditions, we love them. And we?re so proud to be part of the future of this great university.

It?s a sentiment that Scott shares ? and one that has his family cheering for both sides on during Saturday?s football game.

?We?re proud of both institutions, and not just by what they do on the playing field, but the reputation they have for educating students. I love my alma mater, but I?m also very proud to be an Aggie,? he says. ?Whoever wins, the McDonalds win.?

Tags: admissions, Aggie family, marketing, rivalry, SEC, University of Arkansas

Source: http://tamutimes.tamu.edu/2012/09/28/from-the-razorback-family-to-the-aggie-family-the-mcdonalds-are-at-home/

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